Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach an absolute, to find the course of human events to a final end. It is not reason that has promised to eliminate risk in human undertakings; it is the emotional needs of men.
So briefly do we raise our heads, so quick sink back. For a moment we are lifted by a wave of time, are tossed up into the sunlight of consciousness … - Allen Wheelis
So briefly do we raise our heads, so quick sink back. For a moment we are lifted by a wave of time, are tossed up into the sunlight of consciousness …
- Allen Wheelis
Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair. - Allen Wheelis
Desire is endless and unappeasable, is most intense where most forbidden, and is never far from despair.
Freedom is the awareness of alternatives and of the ability to choose. It is contingent upon consciousness, and so may be gained or lost, extended or… - Allen Wheelis
Freedom is the awareness of alternatives and of the ability to choose. It is contingent upon consciousness, and so may be gained or lost, extended or…
The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake. - Allen Wheelis
The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake.
Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach an absolute, to find … - Allen Wheelis
Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach an absolute, to find …
The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change. - Allen Wheelis
The sequence is suffering, insight, will, action, change.
One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles. - Allen Wheelis
One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles.
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